Crank-lock for automobiles.



J. COMERFOHDV.

CRANK LOCK FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. Io. 1911.

all may cpncfernf y. Be it known that I, JOHN CoMERronp,1a

citizen of the, ,United ,.States, residing .atgthe city o'StLouis and State of Missouri,have

invented a new land useful Grankf'Lockor ,Automobilen of ,whichjtheollowing is 1.a specitication.s 4 y y. ,t Y, uMyinvention relates to improvementsf'gin crank/docks Jfor vantomobileg wherein'. a keyoperated lock,L adapted toV surround theenf v`gine crank, operatesdn conjunction with :a

clip, secured toza stationaryvpart ofg-thelautomobile, such` as the bolster 'or housingfor' thefront-akle spring, clip so related ,aste hold. and lockthe crank in .n clutched relation with .theengineshafn whereby unauthorized persons. are precluded from rnnning'the automobile by'reason of their inability `to start the engine."

. Thevobject ofkmy` improvements is top,ro,

,Videla simpleeand inexpensive device, .com-

prising a key operated lock, which maybe readily-attached to an automobilefandwhich will electually .preventlfen ine 5 starting and thereby e automobile except by aperSQn possessed'of ainoper keyl A f l My invention consistsvin the novel con# struction, arrangement and combination of parts, as will befully, clearly. and '-concisely set forth in my, speciication, A,definitely pointed out 1n my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary, front elevation r of an automobile, with its crank held and locked by a means, embodying my improvements. v K

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, plan view, partly in section, showing the crank in clutched shaft and locked relation with the engine in such relation by a accordance with my invention.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of ranged forattachment to a automobile, and to loc'k.

Fig. Li is a clip showing means l Fig. 5 is a sectional view, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. LLand Fig. G is a detail, view showing my preferred construction 4of hinge, employed in the clip.

Referring5 by numerals, to the drawing 7 f A55.enamemexlronauronoiirfns Application filed' September .1

l Ythe engine'shat Aand the running 3 or" driving? of the d stands when y engine, v they engine device constructed kin Y Y f adapted for.y use -on a the keeper consists of av substantially U-n the clip, vare shaped clip, `arranged Xed part of the which the crank may be y secured, against'rotation, by a key loperated fragmental elevation of the for holding Vthe eye -50 bolt mrsuitably set or` adjustedpositions.

` ment and vfurther,

mgmental,l sectional Gmaarabioasn e'signeiestthe bQlSte.. orward,'transverse springsgS, whiehfspnings come@ the front-.aX1enet`ShQwn, with: the frasmentarrn Eigl: l., end-119911@which.belstenthefrankt gi shaft l5', and said 1cr clutch, -andwhereby thegcrank and cluteh,A

mayfbe readily moved, manually intoffm ,thengm .Shaft turn thegen ne shaft for a manual-Y -rotatiomof 1 the clutch .positionVv relative to, as 'required toll starting upon crank. 1

crank.V is moved into `clutched relation. 4with n y y v cmklcckd in this position and-.against rotationthe .,tstarting of the engine is precluded andthepos-r sibility offunauthorized,movement of he To this` end, then,v I secure to astationiiry' lpart cLthe automobile,

at e a-,l-pontw- .adi agent the,f.irec,' or handle' end with the engine shaft, a keeper, arranged .to coactwith thev bow, hasp or. bolt of a keyn .operated flock, connected with the'crank, to

rotation of the' crank to. start the and further, to prevent operation of by reason of its shaftbeing locked against rotation, except by an auI thorizedperson.

In vthe form prevent e to vbe placed overfthe orwardbolster or spring housing 'fandpooli. device, shown, which 'is Ford automobile,

'V65 llyitothe A i y Mik, L: `are norilally hid@ to, Qlltpof clutch???IQSNLl automobile reducedto.aminnnum`k of the crank, as .1t i" the clutch is `in engagement t sitioned relative to the crank as toV be insideV the path of movement of the crankhandle 4'as'regardsthe 5 sweepv of the crank.v Bv

preference, the clip comprises hinged sec'-LA tions 18 and` Y19 which will facilitate itsplaceby preference, of1 thepintle-opening and '-the. pintle Yends 21 Aupsetor riveted wholly and bodily within-the pintle opening so 1 as toy render ldifficult a dismembeiing extremely the" yends .7 20. are. countersunk length oftheY of the clip fon purr poses of removal at times when the clip is As shown, the clip member 18 is provided L with. recesses 28 next its hole 22 arranged Y As shown- 1n Fig. 3 the clip member 18, to engage the eye of the bolt and to serve as adjacent its free end is provided.` with ahole 1an additional means to hold the bolt against i Y undesirable turning from adjusted position Yree endwith aj threaded opening 23.'alinng and against loss by unthreading from the with the hole`22,1whereby to receive aneyeclip. Vbolt 24, which serves as a "means forse- Having thusdescribed my invention what 4 curing the clip in position, as Well as a claim as new therein and desire to secure 10'- neans to vvhi'ch the 'bow of the lock 25 may by Letters-Patent ofthe United States there- A lese'euredi foris:V

` 'yfreason of the threaded connection of l. A crank lock for automobiles, compristhe' eye-bolt' with the clip Iv provide an ading a clipV of substantially U-shlape and 51 justrnent Y'Whieh: compensates for various perforated adjacent to each of its free ends, 15= crank' positions, forwardly andl rearwardly 'one of the perforations being threaded, an Y relative to; the engineishaft and I am enabled eye-bolt arranged for extension through thereby' toadapt4 my locking means to any theperforations and there being recesses :ordinary crank position.V formed'in vthe clip in which the eye-bolt en- 55 preference, and as shown in Fig 3, the gages, at gtimes, to hold the bolt against un- 20 chpgmember' I9, has an integral extension es1rable turning, and, a lock bodily sepa- 26"',formed by being bent over the body of rable from the eye-bolt and arranged to se- V'isfajthreadedopening 27, produced at the olt in order toprevent unauthorized start- 60 25 'Which'the ,extension is sprung out of par 2'; s A crank look' for autombbiles, comprisi1l1e1iSm-Witli'tlie body of the member SO inga U-shaped clip, provided with a perfobe relatively non-alined and'their threads of which perforations is threaded, a bolt 65 Y outfo'f phase, ltothe end, that 'upon a: turn` havinga threaded shank for insertion 30 ing of the threaded bolt 24 through said through the perforations of the clip and pro- ,openings the out ofphase threads wlll provided at one end with an eye, means formed duce, addedt friction on the bolt and thus integral With theclip for engagement with tend" to hold itfto an;7 set position against the bolt to prevent an undesirable turning 70 out of phasethreads Will notoperateto prestantially as shown and for the purposes. vent manualV turning' of Vthe bolt. JOHN COMERFORD.

Y Copies-j oftliir patent mayifbel obtained' for v centseacli, by addressing'v the "Commissioner of Patents, Washingto'nyl). C. 

